Early Plasma’s weakness wasn’t tech — it was gravity. Liquidity came in, but it didn’t circulate. A payments-focused L1 can’t afford to feel like a closed ecosystem

Plasma made two big integration moves in January of 2026. NEAR Intents went live on 23rd and connected XPL and USDT0 to 125+ assets on 25+ chains. CoW Swap was released on the 12th with the addition of DEX execution on-chain. Then MassPay introduced indigenous USDT payment rails. Three integrations within one month. The pattern here is obvious: Plasma is fixing its greatest weakness at the beginning of its development, isolation. A stablecoin chain only works if there is no friction in capital flowing in and out of the chain. These bridges do exactly this.

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